Fed Ex just dropped off my Sony BDP-S1000ES on my doorstep. I don't see an "official" forum for this blu ray player and I need to update my firmware. Can anyone point me to a website where I can download the latest firmware version? Also, does anyone know the number of the latest firmware version? Thanks!

Fed Ex just dropped off my Sony BDP-S1000ES on my doorstep. I don't see an "official" forum for this blu ray player and I need to update my firmware. Can anyone point me to a website where I can download the latest firmware version? Also, does anyone know the number of the latest firmware version? Thanks!

Sorry, don't know the current # but you can get it atwww.blu-raydisc.com/forbestresults . Last update was last October. If you have a wireless connection, it will update online on it's own after a little prodding from you. Being that it's last update was last October, your unit may already have the lastest Firmware.

Fed Ex just dropped off my Sony BDP-S1000ES on my doorstep. I don't see an "official" forum for this blu ray player and I need to update my firmware. Can anyone point me to a website where I can download the latest firmware version? Also, does anyone know the number of the latest firmware version? Thanks!

Latest firmware is v.007 released in October '09 You can download or request a disc at esupport.sony.com

Latest firmware is v.007 released in October '09 You can download or request a disc at esupport.sony.com

Thanks!

I just finished watching Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" in Blu Ray and there were no glitches in the movie. I also have an LG BH200 Dual Format player and it used to drop the audio at around 14 minutes into the movie. The video is gorgeous and I'm a happy camper.

Sorry, don't know the current # but you can get it atwww.blu-raydisc.com/forbestresults . Last update was last October. If you have a wireless connection, it will update online on it's own after a little prodding from you. Being that it's last update was last October, your unit may already have the lastest Firmware.

I just finished watching Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" in Blu Ray and there were no glitches in the movie. I also have an LG BH200 Dual Format player and it used to drop the audio at around 14 minutes into the movie. The video is gorgeous and I'm a happy camper.

Agreed, this is a wonderful Blu ray player which has played everything I have thrown at it, including several burned DVD's. Mine came with the latest version installed.

Thinking about getting this player to replace my older BDP-S500. I dont care about 3D, Streaming, Netflix, or other useless features. Just wished the S500 had DTS-MA. Its a beautiful player and Sony just dont make them like the used too (exception of the 5000es). I dont want to wait to the fall for the new denon2011 that will be $800.

Thinking about getting this player to replace my older BDP-S500. I dont care about 3D, Streaming, Netflix, or other useless features. Just wished the S500 had DTS-MA. Its a beautiful player and Sony just dont make them like the used too (exception of the 5000es). I dont want to wait to the fall for the new denon2011 that will be $800.

Havent pulled the trigger yet though

I bought mine from Vanns via Amazon for $199.88. This player is wonderful. It will be discontinued soon so don't wait too long!

Is this player better than the BPD S570 that can be had at costco for the same price?
I don't really care about the 3D, netflix, streaming cabilities, etc. I just want a good bluray picture and sound.

Thanks

The BDP-S1000ES was originally built to sell at the $699 price point. When 3D came out, it was time to dump inventory at a deep discount price. Now you have a New Model out selling at $200 with new bells and whistles right off the bat. Something, but what something, now made it able to be manufactured and sold at the $200 Price Point? Rule of thumb of the business world - take the Retail Price and divide by 8 to come up with the actual cost to build.

Thinking about getting this player to replace my older BDP-S500. I dont care about 3D, Streaming, Netflix, or other useless features. Just wished the S500 had DTS-MA. Its a beautiful player and Sony just dont make them like the used too (exception of the 5000es). I dont want to wait to the fall for the new denon2011 that will be $800.

Havent pulled the trigger yet though

I would purchase from Crutchfield. Same price as Vanns, but a much better return policy.

I bought this player from Vanns (via Amazon) about two weeks ago. I've only watched DVDs on it so far, but the upconversion quality seems excellent. I bought this player because of the good price and reputed DVD playback quality. I am looking forward to trying out blu rays on it.

While watching the Lord of the Rings DVD trilogy (extended cut), I noticed a very brief pause when it seemed to transition between DVD layers. Is this normal?

I bought this player from Vanns (via Amazon) about two weeks ago. I've only watched DVDs on it so far, but the upconversion quality seems excellent. I bought this player because of the good price and reputed DVD playback quality. I am looking forward to trying out blu rays on it.

While watching the Lord of the Rings DVD trilogy (extended cut), I noticed a very brief pause when it seemed to transition between DVD layers. Is this normal?

alam99,

Which movies in the trilogy are tripping up the Sony? I know there is a layer change on FOTR disc 2, but I can't recall the time stamp. Do any of the other discs in the trilogy have a noticeable layer change? Another disc to use to check layer changes would be Star Wars disc 2. I'll post the time stamps for both discs when I have a moment. I'll also check myself.

"Is this normal?" The layer change itself is normal, but if it is more than 1 second, then that is not very good.

if you have replay issues with a certain disc or multiple disc's time to start burning copies, to save cash all to often cheap media disc's are used, this is where you have layer change issues for the most part, **** media used poor replay value happens...

if you have replay issues with a certain disc or multiple disc's time to start burning copies, to save cash all to often cheap media disc's are used, this is where you have layer change issues for the most part, **** media used poor replay value happens...

Couldn't get National Lampoons - Book of Love to Work properly on my BDP-S760 (Canadian Version) - Put it on my older BDP-S560 and it worked OK. How do you Burn Blu-ray copies - are they not copy protected?

if you have replay issues with a certain disc or multiple disc's time to start burning copies, to save cash all to often cheap media disc's are used, this is where you have layer change issues for the most part, **** media used poor replay value happens...

mystic_sniper28,

Cheap media really has nothing to do with layer changes. A layer change is a pause or break when the laser reads video materials continuing from one layer to another at the layer break on a dual-layer disc. How well and where this transition is authored into the disc varies from studio to studio.

Some players handle this transition better than others to the point where the layer-change is "seamless". Unfortunately, it seems that this Sony may not. I personally don't find much fault in a player if the layer change is less than a second and between chapters, but I've heard of people talking about layer changes of 2 to 3 seconds on some players.

I have a list of titles with known layer changes and where they occur so I may test a few on the Sony.

Couldn't get National Lampoons - Book of Love to Work properly on my BDP-S760 (Canadian Version) - Put it on my older BDP-S560 and it worked OK. How do you Burn Blu-ray copies - are they not copy protected?

p5browne,

I'm not aware of layer change issues with blu-ray media. Your problem may be a playback issue with the BDP-S760.

I found this when doing my own test, some of the cheap media discs that are used in the reproduction process have been known to cause the layer issue to be present on replay..

if they uses quality disc's each time they do a burn I would suspect we wouldn't be bitching about layering faults on dvd's and blue ray disc's...

while I haven't seen the issue in blue ray as of yet. I have multiple disc's in the hundreds with such layering faults, when i did a couple of test burn on sony and tdk media disc's I had no faulting trouble with the copies i had made..

I suspect in the rush to get as many disc's out on sale shelves quality control on the disc's and so forth goes out the window....

my personal opinion when you burn on cheap disc's as a replicator expect people less than $5 for your disc's trying to flog on crap media between 24.95-34.95 with plenty of fault then watch people start bitching..

trust me it's just not the the small studio's doing this it's also the big 1's they mostly don't give 2 shits what their product is on as long as it sells and they're making a profit from it they don't really give craps which media it is on..

I found this when doing my own test, some of the cheap media discs that are used in the reproduction process have been known to cause the layer issue to be present on replay..

if they uses quality disc's each time they do a burn I would suspect we wouldn't be bitching about layering faults on dvd's…

I have multiple disc's in the hundreds with such layering faults, when i did a couple of test burn on sony and tdk media disc's I had no faulting trouble with the copies i had made..

mystic,

We can agree to disagree on whether or not cheap media lends itself to layer changes. I just tested several DVDs which have known layer changes. Lord of the Ring: FOR, disc 2, time stamp 54:34 and Star Wars II, chapter 28, @ approximately 1:06:28. My Pioneer BDP-320 and 23FD had seamless layer changes while the Sony exhibited a ½ to 1 second delay on both.

It has been proven on more than one occasion that some players are more adept at handling layer changes than others using the exact same DVD.

It is quite possible that your authoring software may have helped when you burned your own copies, but you may have yielded the same results had you used a cheaper media.

There is a lot of information available about layer changes and I’ve read nothing that points to inferior media, but I haven’t read every article. Also, I've read a lot of postings on the various blu-ray owner threads I frequent and your post is the 1st post I've read that speaks of cheap media being the reason for layer changes on DVDs.